I’m going to have to disagree with what seems to be the majority of viewers here, by saying that The Point is one of the worst films I have seen in a long time. By way of background, I too loved it as a child. I am a huge fan of 60′s & 70′s pop culture – Yellow Submarine is still one of my all-time favorite flicks.

Upon viewing The Point as an adult (I bought it to watch with my young son) I was struck by the general lack of originality in the film.

Much of the plot revolves around a young boy, Oblio, banished from his village for being different. He struggles to find his way in the world and makes strange friends. conceptually fine, so far. Where the film falls down is in its execution of this basic concept. Oblio spends much of his time listening to “grass-rap” inspired lectures from talking trees, rocks, and “fat women”. The action (what little there is) comes to a complete halt as Oblio listens to such nuggets of wisdom as “There are a lot of stoned people around,” and “fat women are jolly.” It’s not exactly clear just what lessons he learns as he shambles from one tired to another.

Most of the songs are bland variation of one another, and usually mired in drug-addled self-importance – such as a musical number which follows a tear-drop through the water cycle, stopping briefly to ponder the decaying corpse of a whale on the ocean floor. I’m not kidding.

loved the original with Dustin Hoffman narating, magical. This version just sucks, Ringos naration is sooo bad it hurts, so sad you have destroyed my memories. Avoid

As there are already plenty of reviews on here, I figured I’d just add my two-cents regarding the narrator and other character voices.

I have a version on video tape recorded off the Disney Channel back in about 1987-88. The narrator is Alan Thicke, not Ringo Starr. And it DOES make a difference. But then, in my experience, however you hear it or see it the first time is usually what you consider to be “the best.” So… even with Ringo and Dustin adding their voices to this animated classic, it’s still a fantastic movie. I’m just glad I’ve got the version that I remember so fondly from the 70s… and I hope that one day it will be released in that format again.

And as a further aside, I also have this on record with accompanying comic book. The narrator on the record is also Alan Thicke… so as far as I’m concerned, Alan Thicke is the original narrator.